Iran and Russia move closer to deal as regime threatens revenge on Israel

Iran and Russia is getting closer to a deal This will strengthen defense cooperation and strengthen military ties at a time when Western nations are increasingly concerned about regional wars in Europe and the Middle East.

“The comprehensive strategic partnership agreement being prepared between Russia and Iran will become a serious factor in strengthening Russia-Iran relations,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday, according to Reuters. he said.

Saying that the agreement will be signed “in the near future”, the foreign minister claimed that the agreement will “confirm” the “peace and security interests” of both Iran and Russia at the regional and global level.

President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian during the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 23, 2024. (Reuters/Maxim Shemetov/Pool)

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While the details of the agreement remain unclear, Lavrov did not provide detailed information on what form this defense partnership would take.

A similar agreement was signed between Russia and North Korea Earlier this year, Pyongyang’s decision to send nearly 10,000 troops to its warring neighbor came amid concerns flagged by the Pentagon; these soldiers could potentially be deployed to fight in Ukraine.

But it is not just the consequences this partnership could have on the war in Europe that concern Western security officials, given that Iran is already providing defense aid to Russia to advance its brutal war in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who once shared a solid relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, does not appear openly involved in the conflict brewing in the Middle East, unlike Russia’s arch-enemy, the United States.

However, a report published by the Wall Street Journal earlier this month revealed that Moscow provided the necessary support. Houthi terrorist group with satellite data To assist him in his repeated attacks on Western shipping in the Red Sea. According to the report, information was transferred from Russia to “members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)”… Intertwined with the Houthis in Yemen”

Houthi supporters attend a rally against the US-led attacks on Yemen and Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip in Sanaa, Yemen, on February 23, 2024. (AP/Osamah Abdulrahman)

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Russia has launched an attack on Lebanon, hitting Iran, which directly finances and arms terrorist organizations including Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis, while increasingly calling on Israel for “restraint” when it comes to rising tensions in the Middle East. He is fighting with Jerusalem.

Tehran threatens Jerusalem once again in retaliation after Israel It launched airstrikes on Friday. While Israel tries to eliminate Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon, tit-for-tat attacks continue.

Responding to these threats on Tuesday, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi said, “If Iran makes the mistake of launching a new missile attack on Israel, we will understand once again how this will happen.” To reach Iran.”

Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, is leading the attack on Iran from Camp Rabin, together with the Commander of the Israeli Air Force, Major General Tomer Bar. (IDF)

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Halevi warned that if Iran responded with another attack on the Jewish state, Israel would continue to increase its offensive “capabilities and positions” that had previously been “set aside.”

“We did this for a very simple reason, because we may have to attack again. This is not over, we are still in the middle of it,” he said, speaking from Ramon Air Base in Israel. “I tell you this: We are extremely prepared on all fronts.”